Improvement in churn-dashers



D. MOORE.

Churn-flashers.

No.l50,969. Patented May19fl874.

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DANIEL MOORE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE -HALF HIS RIGHT TO DANIEL HARRINGTON.

IMPROVEMENT m CHURN-DASHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,969, dated May 19, 1874; application filed March 14, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL MOORE, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ghurn-Dasher, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of the present invention consists in the novel construction of the dashers or agitators, which are formed by twisting strips of flat metal, terminating in shanks fastening to a horizontal disk or wheel, and being adj ustable so as to agitate cream in the central or outer part of the churn-barrel, as hereinafter fully shown and described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a dasher-rod provided with my improvement in agitators adjusted outwardly; Fig. 2, an elevation thereof with the agitators adjusted inwardly; Fig. 3, a horizontal view of the wheel, agitators, and dasher-rod.

A represents a rod, which is to be placed vertically in a churn-barrel by the ordinary bearings well known to the art, and it is to be driven by any suitable gearing which will give the agitators G a high rate of speed, as, for instance, two hundred and fifty revolutions per minute. A greater or less speed will answer the purpose, the time for churning being according to the speed of the agitators. B represents a disk or wheel secured to the rod A by means of a sleeve, 0, and set-screw D, so

can be set outward or inward to suit the sizeof the churn-barrel by loosening the nuts J, which hold the arms E to the wheels B. The nuts then being tightened the agitators will be held in place forehurning. When butter is to be gathered the agitators G can be adjusted inward, as shown in Fig. 2.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination of the adjustable twisted dashers or agitators G G with the bent arms E, wheel B, and rod A, arranged to operate as and for the purpose set forth.

DANIEL MOORE.

Witnesses:

G. L. CHAPIN, J. H. ELLIOTT. 

